[ANNOUNCE] OSDL Whitepaper: "Reducing System Reboot Time With Kexec" [LWN.net]

From:		Andy Pfiffer <andyp@osdl.org>
To:		fastboot@osdl.org
Subject:		[ANNOUNCE] OSDL Whitepaper: "Reducing System Reboot Time With Kexec"
Date:		24 Apr 2003 10:09:24 -0700
Cc:		cgl_discussion@osdl.org, dcl_discussion@osdl.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>

URL: http://www.osdl.org/docs/reducing_system_reboot_time_with_kexec.pdf

Title:
Reducing System Reboot Time With kexec

Abstract:
kexec is a developing feature for Linux 2.5.x that allows an x86 Linux
kernel to load and run another kernel instead of the platform BIOS and
bootloader. By skipping the platform BIOS during a reboot, kexec can
reduce downtime in enterprise class systems, and reduce turn-around time
for Linux kernel developers. This paper presents measurements of boot
time reduction through the use of kexec.



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